Also, during fastmoving action, some blurring was evident, a by-product of the fairly slow 16ms response time. However, for all other television tasks it does a very fine job indeed. Sound, while nothing spectacular, is certainly functional. A decent soundstage is created using virtual surround, although distortion is apparent at highly volumes, but it's more than capable of coping with movies, casual television viewing and even music.
There's no shortage of flatpanel TVs currently available, so you need something special to stand apart from the bigger brands, with their proprietary image enhancement systems and general clever dickery. But this Humax is special, thanks to its innovative implementation of an integrated PVR. The advanced connectivity and general picture quality also stand up to scrutiny. Well worth auditioning. North America. Home Reviews. There are also composite and S-Video connections, but these are low-rent standards that produce poor results on a digital display.
They're for use with camcorders or older games consoles only. There is a spanner in the works for this potentially world-beating feature though. The Freeview tuners and the hard drive seem to have been linked together in an incredibly haphazard manner, with low-quality video links somewhere along the line see Performance, below.
Still, at least there are some benefits from the digital integration. There's two tuners, so you can record one channel while watching another, and you can back your recordings up to an external drive via USB 2.
You can also pause and rewind live TV thanks to the hard drive's buffer, which lasts up to 30 minutes. Scheduling recordings is an absolute cinch, as you can simply reserve programmes from the EPG up to seven days in advance. You can also record analogue TV if you're unlucky enough to live in a non-Freeview area. Performance Humax's picture quality is passable on Freeview -- the picture is washed out and the colours are flat, but there's only a small amount of smearing and it's stable during fast motion.
Forgot password? Enter your email address and check your inbox. Please check your email for further instructions. Enter a new password. You can only view or download manuals with. Our only real criticism - and this applies to both DVDs and HD - is the screen's minor problem with blurring over motion, which is no doubt due to the LCD panel's merely average response time of 16ms.
Side-mounted speakers are rarely anything to rave about but, while there was a touch of distortion at full pelt, the Humax's virtual surround mode performed reasonably with our test disc - although action-packed movies would need more bass.
That it would be a good buy without them makes it even more appealing. North America. Home Reviews. Our Verdict.
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